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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Fabian headlines the WVOK Shower Of Stars show at Birmingham Armory, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, supported by The Fleetwoods, The Browns, Floyd Robinson and Bobby Lee Trammell.
What About Us by The Coasters is the highest new entry in the Cashbox magazine pop singles chart in the USA, entering at No67.
Having been deposed for three weeks, Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin returns to No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the Top US pop singles.
Joey's Song by Bill Haley and His Comets reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart for the first of eight weeks.
Neville Keighley is born in the UK. In the 1980s he will change his name to Belouis Some and adopt outlandish garb, but even that won't make him much of a pop star.